Sims 2 Installation Help (Directx 9.0c problem)
Hi guys, I desperately need help I am currently running on P4 2. 8 GHZc 512mb ram ATI Radeon 9600 256MB WinXP SP2 (comes with DirectX 9. 0b) It seems we got to have DirectX 9. 0C installed in order to run The Sims 2.
Hi guys,
I desperately need help
I am currently running on
P4 2.8 GHZc
512mb ram
ATI Radeon 9600 256MB
WinXP SP2 (comes with DirectX 9.0b)
It seems we got to have DirectX 9.0C installed in order to run The Sims 2. (Mine is original version)
The thing is, my directx9.0c setup does not seem to be able to run at all. when i click next>> in the installation dialog, it immediately led me to a screen whereby it says installation for directx 9.0c is completed. I thought maybe my PC was very fast and installation had completed within 1 sec.
I was so wrong. I finished installing The Sims 2 and excitedly went straight to run the game.
A message "Unable to initalise DIrect3d. Please ensure that DIrectx9.0c is installed"
Well never mind, I went on to microsoft site to download the directx9.0c setup but the setup brought me to the "installation completed" screen almost immediately again.
Next, I went ahead with up[censored] my graphics card driver. It didnt help.
I even went on to browse many many forums and tried all kinds of methods and even resorted to using DirectX Eradicator 1.09 (though risky) to uninstall the current version of Directx 9.0b.
After that i opened dxdiag and checked that my version had been reverted to direct x8.1. After that I tried to do all I could again but the best I could do was to get it back to Directx 9.0b again. Sigh.
Can someone help me please? Has it got to do with my version of windows?
I have done everything I could except reformat.. Thanks in advance
I desperately need help
I am currently running on
P4 2.8 GHZc
512mb ram
ATI Radeon 9600 256MB
WinXP SP2 (comes with DirectX 9.0b)
It seems we got to have DirectX 9.0C installed in order to run The Sims 2. (Mine is original version)
The thing is, my directx9.0c setup does not seem to be able to run at all. when i click next>> in the installation dialog, it immediately led me to a screen whereby it says installation for directx 9.0c is completed. I thought maybe my PC was very fast and installation had completed within 1 sec.
I was so wrong. I finished installing The Sims 2 and excitedly went straight to run the game.
A message "Unable to initalise DIrect3d. Please ensure that DIrectx9.0c is installed"
Well never mind, I went on to microsoft site to download the directx9.0c setup but the setup brought me to the "installation completed" screen almost immediately again.
Next, I went ahead with up[censored] my graphics card driver. It didnt help.
I even went on to browse many many forums and tried all kinds of methods and even resorted to using DirectX Eradicator 1.09 (though risky) to uninstall the current version of Directx 9.0b.
After that i opened dxdiag and checked that my version had been reverted to direct x8.1. After that I tried to do all I could again but the best I could do was to get it back to Directx 9.0b again. Sigh.
Can someone help me please? Has it got to do with my version of windows?
I have done everything I could except reformat.. Thanks in advance
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Originally posted by santroph:
Quote:OK GUYS I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!!!
Probably a bunch of you wont believe this but the setup.exe for the Directx 9.0c has a bug.
I can prove it doing what i did to have mine updated from 9.0b to 9.0c.
I have tryed everything even taking DX9.0b off and substitute for 8.1, but this is not necessary.
The only thing all of you should do is:
Take the .exe and both .dll in the DX 9.0b folder and use them in the dx9.0c install intead of the ones you have.
Step by step:
Get both Dx 9.0b and Dx 9.0c REDIST (complete install file zipped) from File planet.
Extract one in a TEMP folder like:
c:\temp\dx9c
and the other in another like:
c:\temp\dx9b
get the files "dxsetup.exe", "DSETUP.dll", "dsetup32.dll" from the folder that have the DX9b install to the one that have the DX9c install.
Substitute the files, than now run normally the setup.exe file, everything will work now.
Have good luck, and I hope this solves all of your problems!
Quote:OK GUYS I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!!!
Probably a bunch of you wont believe this but the setup.exe for the Directx 9.0c has a bug.
I can prove it doing what i did to have mine updated from 9.0b to 9.0c.
I have tryed everything even taking DX9.0b off and substitute for 8.1, but this is not necessary.
The only thing all of you should do is:
Take the .exe and both .dll in the DX 9.0b folder and use them in the dx9.0c install intead of the ones you have.
Step by step:
Get both Dx 9.0b and Dx 9.0c REDIST (complete install file zipped) from File planet.
Extract one in a TEMP folder like:
c:\temp\dx9c
and the other in another like:
c:\temp\dx9b
get the files "dxsetup.exe", "DSETUP.dll", "dsetup32.dll" from the folder that have the DX9b install to the one that have the DX9c install.
Substitute the files, than now run normally the setup.exe file, everything will work now.
Have good luck, and I hope this solves all of your problems!
I NEED HELP!!! someone please help i know there are people out there that know what to do! I have tryed everything. I got the game for my birthday and i really wanna play. I have been trying to play and i have done everything. I have been trying to get this to work for like 3 weeks! I have contacted electronics places and downloaded directx 9.0c and everytime i go to play it still says i need directx 9.0c compatible graphics adapter! PLEASE HELP ME!!! i am getting very frustrated and i really wanna play. If you can help me please e-mail me at Lilracegirl3@aol.com or post something on this page to help! PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!! :x
ATTENTION :: NEW FINDING ON THIS ISSUE
I first want to say I'm up to this problem for like 4 hours now and I've gone mad. I have believed and tried every theory on this forum but none of them worked. Plus, after going back to DX8 and resintalling 9.0b and then 9.0c resulted in errors in my dx diagnosis. (Error: Could not get basic sound info. result code = some hexadecimals) So, I started to think and try new things hopelessly. Now, I'm happy that I have a working Sims 2 now but I'm too fucking pissed to play it.
Here's the new finding: As you might already know, XP has another very important bug where you cannot change XP's refresh rates from 60Hz to anything else. There are programs like "Refresh Force" or "ReForce" in compact form to fix this, so that you can have more refresh rates than this. Well guess what? If you have one of these, Sims 2 will not work and give that error. If you are using specifically ReForce, you should be able to restore back the original settings easily from within the program. I did it, and now can play Sims 2 without problem.
The thing I don't know is, if I would still be able to play the game if I hadn't tried all the methods written in this forum but only thought of this.
I really believe this is the first thing to check, if you're using such software.
Cheers.
I first want to say I'm up to this problem for like 4 hours now and I've gone mad. I have believed and tried every theory on this forum but none of them worked. Plus, after going back to DX8 and resintalling 9.0b and then 9.0c resulted in errors in my dx diagnosis. (Error: Could not get basic sound info. result code = some hexadecimals) So, I started to think and try new things hopelessly. Now, I'm happy that I have a working Sims 2 now but I'm too fucking pissed to play it.
Here's the new finding: As you might already know, XP has another very important bug where you cannot change XP's refresh rates from 60Hz to anything else. There are programs like "Refresh Force" or "ReForce" in compact form to fix this, so that you can have more refresh rates than this. Well guess what? If you have one of these, Sims 2 will not work and give that error. If you are using specifically ReForce, you should be able to restore back the original settings easily from within the program. I did it, and now can play Sims 2 without problem.
The thing I don't know is, if I would still be able to play the game if I hadn't tried all the methods written in this forum but only thought of this.
I really believe this is the first thing to check, if you're using such software.
Cheers.
I have tried to use direcx9.0c on my friend computer. Many bugs fixed expecially when playing the old game like red alert 2. I mean the game run smoothly. If you really want to install it this is how you must do.But you must have installer for direcx9.0b and directx9.0c.
first step
extract the directx 9.0b in one folder
second step
extract the directx 9.0c into the other folder
third step
notice all the *.cab file in the directx 9.0c folder
forth step
copy all the *.cab file from directx9.0c and replaced it in the folder for directx9.0b
final step
install the intaller in directx 9.0b
and walla, you with have directx9.0c already install in your computer with all the updated file!!
this will definitely install directx 9.0c and fully workble without any error
from:manlaju
first step
extract the directx 9.0b in one folder
second step
extract the directx 9.0c into the other folder
third step
notice all the *.cab file in the directx 9.0c folder
forth step
copy all the *.cab file from directx9.0c and replaced it in the folder for directx9.0b
final step
install the intaller in directx 9.0b
and walla, you with have directx9.0c already install in your computer with all the updated file!!
this will definitely install directx 9.0c and fully workble without any error
from:manlaju
There is actually a work around for this. I have the Intel 82810E graphics card, and received the directx 9.0c error message. Intel's website had a work around that actually worked for my Intel graphic card!
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-016327.htm
Good luck!
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-016327.htm
Good luck!
I have tried EVERYTHING to get this to work. my graphics card IS supported. directx 9.0c INSTALLED and VERIFIED. ALL mimimum requirements met. still I got 'no directx 9.0c compatible graphics adapter could be found' I read it in another thread. The game WILL NOT run if you FORCE your refresh rate. I use RForce to combat the 60Hz refresh rate problem in windows xp. I undid rforce 'restore previous settings' then switched manually to 60Hz via display properties (advanced). Bada Bing Bada Bang! Game runs but I'm getting a headache from my monitor from writing this, ugg. Got to go. good luck. Tell others. I spent 6 hours, and I only found ONE post that mentioned the refresh rate!
Im not trying to get Sims 2 to work, but I have the same problem as some of you people. Whenever I try to install DirectX 9.0c it just jumps straight to the "installation complete" screen without installing anything. Checking dxdiag I still have 9.0b installed. I tried one of the solutions listed earlier (replacing the directx 9.0c DLLS with the 9.0b DLLS) and got the thing to install. But now when I run dxdiag, it still says "DirectX 9.0b" but the version number reads 4.09.0000.0904. This is the version number for 9.0c! And I still can't get World Of Warcraft running (the reason I need 9.0c)
If anyone has found any new solutions, I would be very grateful.
If anyone has found any new solutions, I would be very grateful.
On world of warcraft. I too was having issues with the 9b to 9c thing, but someone already posted a solution that worked for me. While replacing the .dlls of 9c with the 9b ones should have worked, for me it did not. I had to instead replace the .cab files of 9b with the newer 9c versions. Then when I ran it, it installed just fine and dxdiag confirmed I had 9c.
That solves the directx issue, but not the part where my computer's video card doesn't work with them (but thats not important to this thread).
On a semi-related note, manually changing the registry key of the version number DOES NOT WORK! It doesn't cause any harm but it don't work. Thats why running the 9c with 9b .dlls didn't work because it only changed the registry key. So my question is, what file/registry key tells the computer what version of direct x is installed? If we knew this, we could change it manually and avoid many problems. I'd experiment myself, but I'd rather let someone more experienced with regediting take care of it.
GAMES i've found with the 9c problem(which I was unable to play because of the glitch) are:
Sims 2
World of Warcraft <===DAMN IT!!! 2.5 GIG OF DLING AND CAN'T PLAY!
Starwars Battlefront
CrystalK
That solves the directx issue, but not the part where my computer's video card doesn't work with them (but thats not important to this thread).
On a semi-related note, manually changing the registry key of the version number DOES NOT WORK! It doesn't cause any harm but it don't work. Thats why running the 9c with 9b .dlls didn't work because it only changed the registry key. So my question is, what file/registry key tells the computer what version of direct x is installed? If we knew this, we could change it manually and avoid many problems. I'd experiment myself, but I'd rather let someone more experienced with regediting take care of it.
GAMES i've found with the 9c problem(which I was unable to play because of the glitch) are:
Sims 2
World of Warcraft <===DAMN IT!!! 2.5 GIG OF DLING AND CAN'T PLAY!
Starwars Battlefront
CrystalK
Thanks for that, I might give it a try. Im a bit doubtful though, I have already had to do a system restore once and I dont fancy doing another.
I think this is the problem: DirectX Download Page
If you look at the supported systems, Microsoft XP SP2 is not listed. That explains why the damn thing wont install, but now I wonder how long it will be before we see a version of DirectX9 that will install onto an SP2 system.
This is so frustrating, and there seems to be no official word on the issue or when it will be fixed.
I think this is the problem: DirectX Download Page
If you look at the supported systems, Microsoft XP SP2 is not listed. That explains why the damn thing wont install, but now I wonder how long it will be before we see a version of DirectX9 that will install onto an SP2 system.
This is so frustrating, and there seems to be no official word on the issue or when it will be fixed.
Originally posted by nikoal:
Quote:Guys,Forget about drivers or hardware! Just extract directx.rar then go into this dir. and find directx.inf, dxver.inf and dsetup.inf (right mouse button and install) After doing that run dsetup.exe again and everything should be fine. For me that's worked
no clue what you said right there? Extract which directx 9b or c? and find the directx.inf from where... ???
Quote:Guys,Forget about drivers or hardware! Just extract directx.rar then go into this dir. and find directx.inf, dxver.inf and dsetup.inf (right mouse button and install) After doing that run dsetup.exe again and everything should be fine. For me that's worked
no clue what you said right there? Extract which directx 9b or c? and find the directx.inf from where... ???
do u know if that directx thing could cause the computer that blue screen crash thing at all?
